Melanocyte pigmentation stiffens murine cardiac tricuspid valve leaflet

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 1097-1102

  Balani, Kantesh ^a,b   Brito, Flavia C ^c   Kos, Lidia ^c   Agarwal, Arvind ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Melanocytes; Nanoindentation; Pigmentation; Storage modulus; Valve

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; STIFFNESS;

HEART; MELANOCYTES; PIGMENTATION; STORAGE MODULUS; VALVE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HEART VALVE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; RIGIDITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

MURINAE;

EID: 70349768165     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0174     Document Type: Article

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